Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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The crossroads of science and politics is a dodgy place.
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Lack of time and money create really bad green practices.
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I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting – if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.
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In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.
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When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars.
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Probably my mother. She was a very compassionate woman, and always kept me on my feet. And I think part of it is just the way you are, the way you're raised. And she had the responsibility for raising me.
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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.
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The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.
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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.
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I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables.
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In fiction we say and recognize things about ourselves, which, for the sake of propriety, we ignore or don't talk about in reality.
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Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.
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You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
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The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities
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We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.
